Productivity software is a broad category of common tools information workers use, regardless of their specific profession. Categories of productivity software include Web browsers, word processors, spreadsheets, e-mail and calendaring, and presentation software - often combined in integrated suites. Companies have traditionally purchased seats of productivity software, but open source and new models of software delivery over the Internet have pressed vendors into exploring new models for productivity apps.
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Enterprises Finding Many Uses for Video
Ann All spoke with Seth Kenvin, founder and CEO of Market7 , provider of a cloud-based online video collaboration tool. You can sign up to try a free version of the service . All: I know companies are using video for advertising. What are some other popular functions? Kenvin: Video is,... More >
‘Tis the Season ... to Abandon Your Shopping Cart
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Cisco Tracks Explosion of Bandwidth Use
Carl Weinschenk speaks with Thomas Barnett, senior manager of service provider marketing for Cisco . The company released results from its Visual Networking Index. Weinschenk: The new study complements the Cisco VNI Forecast and Methodology, 2008-2013. So let’s start with an overview of... More >
A Dynamic Solution to Processing Paper
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Polycom Partners with BT on Videoconferencing
Polycom and BT Group announced a three-year partnership that the companies say will accelerate the growth of unified conferencing systems within enterprises. The announcement comes on the heels of Cisco's increased bid for Tandberg and Logitech's plans to acquire LifeSize. The partnership will combine Polycom's... More >
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Yesterday, Google unveiled an early version of it Chrome OS along with providing an outline on the Chrome OS project. Lance Ulanoff, writing for PC Magazine , provides a list of 11 things you need to know about Google's Chrome OS . First on his list is that it is not available yet. Other highlights include:... More >
Google Unveils Early Version of Chrome OS
Google has unveiled an early version of its Chrome OS at a press event at its headquarters today. Sundar Pichai, Google vice president of product management, says that while the company is about a year away from releasing its Chrome OS, the code for it is fully open and available for developers to work on alongside... More >
- Calendaring and Scheduling
- Collaboration Software
- Desktop Search
- Document Formats
- E-mail and E-mail Management
- Extranets
- Firefox
- IM
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Office
- OpenOffice.org
- Presentation Applications
- Rich Media
- Search Engines
- Social Networks
- Spreadsheets
- Teleconferencing
- Web and Video Conferencing
- Web Applications
- Web Video and Voice Conferencing
Resource Centers
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- Network Optimization
- Application Grid
- Virtualization & Business Continuity
- Decision Management
- Business Intelligence
- Security Information and Event Management
- Information Management
- Greening IT with Server Consolidation
- Data Management
- Cost Cutting through Server Consolidation
- Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Data Loss Protection
- Tablet PCs
- Data Center Management
- Applications for Mid-size Businesses
- Enterprise Manager
- Energy Efficiency
- Data Management Solutions
- Laptop Security
- Data Deduplication
- Mobile Computing Optimization
- Tape Storage
- Power Supply Solutions
- Responding to Change
- Optimized Infrastructure
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Application Grid
Learn more about this middleware layer that pools and dynamically provisions infrastruction application delivery resources to lower costs and improve efficiency.
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Virtualization & Business Continuity
Virtualization solutions, management tips and industry insights to promote and insure the lifespan of your business.
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Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.
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Security SaaS Solutions
Hosted security solutions that not only protect your data, but reduce your security management TCO, as well.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Template Pack
Prepare your company for any type of disaster you can envision and those you cannot. Immediately download this comprehensive set of templates and tools for documenting your business contingency plans.
The IT Service Catalog Management Toolkit
Bridge the it-business gap once and for all! A well documented IT services catalog is the conduit for IT services to the rest of the company.